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To celebrate Children's Day

Models promote the “Kids and Toy Festival” at a Homeplus store, Tuesday, as the discount chain operator will sell children's goods at a discount of up to 50 percent in its stores nationwide from May 1 to 15 in celebration of Children's Day on May 5. / Courtesy of Homeplus

Apr 30, 2019

Samsung rolls out lifestyle TVs

Han Jong-hee, head of the visual display business at Samsung Electronics, poses with the firm's new lifestyle TV lineup, The Serif, The Frame and The Sero that were released on the domestic market, Monday. The new TVs feature QLED displays, while the 43-inch premium The Sero is a vertical display to appeal to tech-savvy youngsters who are familiar with vertical viewing on smartphones and other mobile devices. / Courtesy of Samsung Electronics

Apr 29, 2019

'Back to basics'

KT Chairman Hwang Chang-gyu speaks at a workshop with the firm's executives at the firm's office in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Friday. Speaking about a fire that caused a network blackout in Seoul, November 2018, Hwang urged employees to stick to the basics to restore customers' trust. / Courtesy of KT

Apr 28, 2019By Baek Byung-yeul

No strike

British American Tobacco Korea CEO Matthieu Juery, left, and BAT Korea Sacheon Factory Labor Union head Koo Sung-il pose with an agreement on the factory workers' salary for the next three years and collective bargaining from 2019 to 2021 during a signing ceremony at the company's headquarters in Seoul, Thursday. BAT Korea said Friday the agreement is the second three-year agreement without conflict following the previous 2015-2018 agreement, and it includes details on extending welfare benefits and increasing starting salaries for new employees. Courtesy of BAT Korea

Apr 26, 2019By Nam Hyun-woo

Already watermelon season

Models promote special deals on watermelons at E-mart's Yongsan branch in Seoul, Thursday. The retail giant said it is selling watermelons at prices ranging from 14,900 won ($13) to 20,900 won according to size until May 1. / Courtesy of E-mart

Apr 25, 2019

ICT to care for the elderly living alone

SK Telecom CEO Park Jung-ho, second from right, and figure skating star Kim Yu-na, left, pose for a photo during the mobile carrier's “Happy Community” launch ceremony at the firm's head office in Seoul, Monday. The firm said it will deliver voice-activated AI speakers and other ICT-based devices to senior citizens who live alone as part of its efforts to contribute to resolving challenges facing society. / Yonhap

Apr 22, 2019

ICT to care for the elderly living alone

For smart factory platforms

Lee Jae-pil, left in front row, head of marketing division at KT, poses with Im Byung-hoon, CEO of Telstar-Hommel, at the latter's headquarters in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, Friday, after signing a memorandum of understanding to co-develop smart factory platforms using the former's 5G network technology. / Courtesy of KT

Apr 19, 2019By Baek Byung-yeul

Crab in season

Models display crabs at the main Shinsegae Department Store location in central Seoul, Monday. Shinsegae Department Store has teamed up with local fisheries and markets to offer large crabs at 6,980 won ($6) per 100 grams in its main location, as well as its Gangnam, Yeongdeungpo and Gyeonggi branches. Yonhap

Apr 15, 2019By Kwak Yeon-soo

Samsung entrance exam day

Job candidates enter Dankook High School in southern Seoul to take the Global Samsung Aptitude Test (GSAT), Sunday. The GSAT, the second stage of Samsung Group's recruitment procedure, took place in seven cities in Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Gwangju, Daejeon, Newark and Los Angeles. / Yonhap

Apr 14, 2019By Baek Byung-yeul

Opening hydrogen charging station

Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kim Hyun-mee, fifth from right, and Hyundai Motor President Kong Young-woon, fifth from left, cut the tape at the opening ceremony of a highway charging station for hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, Friday. / Courtesy of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

Apr 12, 2019

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